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NOTTINGHAM PHV DRIVER BANNED FOR A MONTH AFTER BEING CAUGHT ON YELLOWLINES THREE TIMES
A cabbie was ban- ned from working after giving “a royal wave” to a council officer who found two bald tyres on his taxi. The incident took place after he was caught in a layby outside the Royal Concert Hall when the nearest taxi rank was full, Notting- ham Magistrates’ Court heard. According to the Nottingham Post, driver Javed Iqbal, 48, said he was planning to do a U- turn and was about to obey the officer’s order to move off. But
there were
other cabs leaving the spot and a bus was coming. “I was about to move. He didn’t give me a chance,” said Mr Iqbal, of Bakers- field. He told the court his taxi recent- ly passed its MoT test but mechanical problems caused the tyres to wear quickly. Community protec- tion officer James Brough told city magistrates:
“I
asked him to move and got a royal wave. I gave him a chance to go. He moved four or five feet. He didn’t want to move out of the
layby. “OK, I said ‘I am going to examine your vehicle.’ That is what we do,” said Mr Brough, who found Mr
Iqbal’s
licence details were not visible. One tyre’s tread was below the legal min- imum. Another was slightly better but still under the tread depth allowed on cabs licensed by the council, added Mr Brough. That led to a £200 fine and three penal- ty points being put on Iqbal’s driving licence. He accepted this but lodged an appeal against the
council’s decision to suspend his licence for amonth because he was caught three times on double yel- low lines. Lucy Jones, who represented him, said the suspension was “disproportion- ate.” She told the court all drivers - not just cabbies - can stop on the lines to drop off passen- gers. The court was told that Mr Iqbal’s vehi- cle was seen parked on a road near a school, where resi- dents and teaching staff had raised road safety concerns. On another occasion he
stopped on Beast- market Hill with no passengers around - and was also caught on Carlton Hill. Magistrates upheld the four-week sus- pension, which had been ordered by the council. Presiding JP Jennifer Cain-Fowkes
told
him: “It was a pro- portionate response to the circumstances of your driving histo- ry and fitness to be a private hire licence holder.” Sarah Mills, for the Nottingham City Council, told the court the authority had a penalty points system to improve
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standards among taxi drivers. “Is he a fit and prop- er person to be trusted to convey the travelling pub- lic? That is the test,” added Miss Mills. Mr Iqbal was ordered to pay £500 towards the council’s costs. Mmmm… It would appear that the pre- siding JP summed up the situation accurately: it comes down to attitude, not just parking on double
yellows.
Further, if “mechani- cal problems caused the tyres to wear quickly” (?), then how did the taxi pass its MoT? – Ed.
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